#CEC39E#CEC39E

#CEC39E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.051 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC39E
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 158)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 23.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -2.05, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 20.13, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0031 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.051 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1403, 54.6217, 40.1902)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC39E #9EA9CE

analogous

#CEAB9E #CEC39E #C1CE9E

triadic

#CEC39E #9ECEC3 #C39ECE

tetradic

#CEC39E #9ECEAB #9EA9CE #CE9EC1

square

#CEC39E #9ECEAB #9EA9CE #CE9EC1

split-complementary

#CEC39E #9EC1CE #AB9ECE

monochromatic

#A18E51 #B9AA75 #CEC39E #E3DCC7 #F5F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CEC39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC39E

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC39E	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.051 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ba',
    500: '#cec39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec39e;
$custom-light: #ddd5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81675,
    "c": 0.05118,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC39E

secondary

#6D79A3

accent

#54AC3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC39E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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